2010/9/28 John Smith <[email protected]>: > On 29 September 2010 02:28, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> > wrote: >> OK, lets not confuse issues here, one is to perform the import, the >> other is maintenance and updates of the data. > > How is maintenance of imported data any different than maintenance of > non-imported data?
thing is if you have non-imported data, there is usually someone who is caring for it. If you do imports, there might be someone but mostly is probably not, otherwise you wouldn't be constrained to make the import. Generally it is easier to find people interested in mapping from scratch (or a basic skeleton) than people interested in fixing an imported mess/data. I know that in some areas with low population density it is hard to map, and it is surely much easier in central Europe, so if good sources are available I would also try to get hand on them. On the other hand in my area (we also got sufficiently nice aerial imagery since May this year, covering the whole country) I prefer to map stuff myself with the other folk of the community. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
